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November 12

Tradition?

I saw this WWII poster. It depicts two women. One is working on what looks like a rifle. The other is working on what seems to be an aircraft. The caption reads "IT'S A TRADITION WITH US, MISTER!" The poster was distributed by Westinghouse. What type of tradition are they referring to?2604:2000:7113:9D00:B81E:C008:E611:FADF (talk) 22:58, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:It's a tradition with us, mister^ - NARA - 535414.jpg is the image in question. According to this article, the tradition is that of American women fighting for their country - the woman with the rifle supposedly (despite the lipstick) represents someone from the era of the American War of Independence. Tevildo (talk) 23:07, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflicted) The woman cleaning a musket is dressed in what may well be War of Independence era clothing, the woman wielding a riveting gun in modern (for the 1940s) clothing. The idea is that it is traditional for American women to support the war effort by making or mending armaments, and so encourage women to work in war industries. DuncanHill (talk) 23:10, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much.2604:2000:7113:9D00:B81E:C008:E611:FADF (talk) 00:36, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That corset looks painful. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 06:59, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Try this one. Tevildo (talk) 08:53, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See the references in Women in the American Revolution, Women's Role in the American Revolution, and Women’s Service with the Revolutionary Army. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 14:15, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]